1803 Creation of Garter Knights

1803 Creation of Garter Knights is in 1800-1850 Act of Union, Trafalgar and Waterloo.

In 1803 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 64) created new Garter Knights as follows:

624th John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland (age 25).

625th Philip Yorke 3rd Earl of Hardwicke (age 45). His brother Admiral Joseph Sydney Yorke (age 34) stood in for the Earl at the investiture since the Earl was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland at the time and unable to be present.